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Blues Musicians - Want Your Gigs Listed On This Calendar?

Dallas/Ft Worth/N Texas Blues Musicians - Want to see your weekly gigs listed on this calendar and have them read live on the air on KNON's BIG TEXAS BLUES program?

Email (no texts, messages to this blog or Facebook posts accepted) your gigs for the upcoming week NO LATER THAN Tuesday Evening to: bluelisablues@aol.com

Please include the following: Your name * Band Name (if Applicable) * If it is full band gig, solo or duo * Name of Venue * City Venue is located in * Time your show starts and ends

Remember - this is a BLUES calendar posted on a BLUES blog and read on a BLUES radio show, so please only include BLUES gigs. Also, only include shows within the Dallas/Ft Worth/N Texas area.

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Mick Jagger And Keith Richards Pay For Hubert Sumlin Funeral

The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger and Keith Richards will pay
for the funeral of blues great Hubert Sumlin.

According to a post from Sumlin’s partner Toni Ann, “I
just wanted to share with you, Hubert’s loving fans, that Mick Jagger
and Keith Richards have insisted on picking up the full expenses for
Hubert’s funeral. God Bless the Rolling Stones”.

Hubert Sumlin died on December 4 at the age of 80. Sumlin was one of the
last great Chicago blues artists. He was the guitarist for Howlin’ Wolf.
Keith Richards played on Sumlin’s 2006 album THEM SHOES.

A private service was held in Homewood, Illinois on December
13. A public service for fans was held on December 12 in Totowa, New Jersey.

Mick Jagger said, “Hubert was an incisive yet delicate
blues player. He had a really distinctive and original tone and was a
wonderful foil for Howlin’ Wolf’s growling vocal style. On a song like “Goin’
Down Slow” he could produce heart-rending emotion, and on a piece like “Wang
Dang Doodle” an almost playful femininity. He was an inspiration to us all.”

Finally, Freddie King's in Rock
Hall of Fame

​I hear jingle
bells: Freddie King's in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Per this morning's
heads-up from Cleveland, the Gilmer-born guitarist, singer and songwriter is
this year's entry in the Early Influence category; damn right. His
newly penned Hall bio lists the myriad reasons -- for starters, "His
'60s classics, 'Have You Ever Loved A Woman,' 'Hide Away,' 'You've Got To Love
Her With A Feeling' and 'The Stumble' are part of the DNA of modern electric
blues" -- and, as noted before, he's the man who walked the guitar from
T-Bone Walker to Stevie and Jimmie Vaughan. He brought the blues into the
future. Just ask Eric Clapton.

That March 31, 1975, KZEW performance to which I linked in the summer of 2010
is gone, but not gone; it's just over here now, a vibrant, visceral blast of blues straight
out of January Sound Studio with a set list that could have been carved on a
stone tablet ("Big Legged Woman," "Have You Ever Loved a
Woman," "Woman Across the River," "Hide Away,"
"Come On (Part III)"). I listen to it several times a week; it's as
timeless as The Texas Cannonball, who's now, at long last, enshrined and
immortalized amongst giants who built their careers on his echoes.

Another essential King recording: Live at The Electric Ballroom, said to contain the
only known acoustic King performances. First issued by Black Top Records in
'95, you can also hear King talk about his life and music with the great Jon
Dillon, a discovery from The Wayback Machine. In that album's liner notes,
Freddie's daughter Wanda -- who, as I wrote back in '98, has spent decades fiercely
protecting her father's music and legacy -- notes his influences, among them
Porter Wagoner. "He just loved music. It didn't matter if it was blues,
R&B, opera, pop or gospel," she wrote. "He gave blues a modern
twist."

Come December 28, King will have been dead exactly 35 years: The stress of
nonstop touring, and all that accompanies the lifestyle, devoured the great man
at the young age of 42; he died of bleeding ulcers and pancreatitis at
Presbyterian Hospital. He's buried at Sparkman/Hillcrest on Northwest Highway.
Stop by when you have the chance. Congratulate him. He's in the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame.

Thursday, December 08, 2011

Here is a link to an excellent article on in the Austin Chronicle by Bill Bentley on Denny Freeman. There's not too many opportunities to catch him in the DFW area, but when there is one, I strongly suggest you take it. Phenomenal guitarist. And what a history in Texas Blues!

When you find spelling or information errors on this blog, it's because the Head of Quality Control here at Blue Lisa Central, Mr Starksy, insists on being paws on. Literally. That's his "Stop typing and feed me NOW" face.

Hutchinson

I saw my little girl kitty, Hutchinson, across the Rainbow Bridge on March 25, 2016. I was so very lucky to have this little lady in my life for 18 years. Rest well my sweet baby. Starsky and I miss you.

Friday, August 26th - Saturday, May 7th - THE RETURN OF THE DALLAS BLUES DIVA's!! Andrea Dawson, Blue Lisa & Miss Marcy team up to bring you a hot night of awesome blues and trash talkin'!! YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS THIS SHOW!!! - Babbs Brothers BBQ - Dallas (7p-10p)

Saturday, May 7th - THE RETURN OF THE DALLAS BLUES DIVA's!! Andrea Dawson, Blue Lisa & Miss Marcy team up to bring you a hot night of awesome blues and trash talkin'!! Paul Byrd on guitar! Billy Accord on bass! Bubba on drums! YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS THIS SHOW!!! - Babbs Brothers BBQ - Dallas (7p-10p)